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  • Volume 104, Issue 37

    • Volume 104, Issue 37

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    Production Operations

    New method improves back-allocation for gas, condensate at processing plants

    Oct. 2, 2006
    This article reports on development of a methodology for the back-allocation of natural gas and condensate at natural gas processing facilities.
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    Exploration & Development

    Quality assurance lessens core, log data uncertainties

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Quality-assurance procedures can lessen the uncertainties inherent in core and log data.
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    Home

    Nelson-Farrar monthly cost indexes

    Oct. 2, 2006
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    Refining

    Nelson-Farrar Quarterly Costimating: Equipment costs rise moderately

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Costs for the five equipment items that make up the Nelson-Farrar miscellaneous equipment cost index were mixed during 2004-05.
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    Companies

    New ERD projects target 40,000 ft and beyond

    Oct. 2, 2006
    New extended-reach drilling projects are driving the development of innovative technologies and changing operating practices.

    More content from Volume 104, Issue 37

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    Drilling & Production

    Total drills first North Sea well with RMR

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Total E&P UK PLC recently used riserless mud recovery (RMR) technology in a dual-gradient, top-hole drilling system to drill a well on the Jura West 3/15-10 prospect.
    Reserves

    Upstream costs keeping pace with oil prices, study says

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Oil and gas companies’ global upstream spending climbed to $277 billion in 2005, up 31% from 2004, said the latest annual review of upstream performance by John S. Herold Inc....
    LNG

    Russia moves to suspend Sakhalin-2 development project

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), citing inadequate environmental safeguards, effectively decided Sept. 18 to suspend the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development project...
    Production Operations

    Bolivia issues ultimatum to foreign oil companies

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Bolivia Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera, acting as the nation’s head while President Evo Morales is traveling abroad, told foreign oil companies operating in Bolivia that ...
    HSE

    WATCHING THE WORLD: A softer tone on Sakhalin-2

    Oct. 2, 2006
    No one would actually accuse Russia of backtracking, but last week its minister of natural resources said his country had no intention of removing an operating license from Royal...
    Refining

    WATCHING GOVERNMENT: If Democrats take control...

    Oct. 2, 2006
    It’s not a foregone conclusion. But it is possible that the Democrats will regain control of at least the US House of Representatives in November’s election.
    Government

    EPA’s new air standards cut fine particulate limits

    Oct. 2, 2006
    The US Environmental Protection Agency announced new air quality standards on Sept. 21 that would reduce daily allowable fine particulate matter levels by almost 50%.
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    General Interest

    Special Report: POINT OF VIEW: New SEG chief helped bring vector seismics into practice

    Oct. 2, 2006
    A set of techniques known as vector seismics has migrated from research to practice, changing how geophysicists study the subsurface and improving information about the physical...
    Companies

    COMPANY NEWS: CNR to buy Anadarko Canada in $4.24 billion deal

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNR) plans to buy Anadarko Canada Corp. (ACC) for $4.24 billion.
    Government

    NPRA praises action for increased DHS authority

    Oct. 2, 2006
    The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association praised US House and Senate conferees on Sept. 26 for giving the Department of Homeland Security authority to regulate certain...
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    Companies

    OGJ Newslwetter

    Oct. 2, 2006
    While the total amount of energy required to meet the demand of the 25 European Union countries in 2005 remained the same as in 2004 at 1,637 million tonnes of oil equivalent ...
    Companies

    Venezuela, Iran sign series of energy accords

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Venezuelan and Iranian officials on Sept. 17 signed a series of accords, including deals to develop oil fields, build factories, and set up a $2 billion investment fund to finance...
    Pipelines

    Brazil to invest heavily in gas production, LNG imports

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Heavy investment in Brazil’s natural gas industry by state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) is resulting in a growing use of gas in the country’s energy mix, particularly...
    Government

    Burton outlines possible past lease royalty terms

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Holders of deepwater Gulf of Mexico leases issued in 1998 and 1999 probably would be required to pay royalties starting with the date they agreed to amended terms, US Minerals...
    Companies

    Utah’s 30-year prospect

    Oct. 2, 2006
    After Covenant field in Sevier County, Utah, which opened oil production on the Central Utah thrust belt, where will explorers discover the next potentially giant oil or gas field...
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    Pipelines

    DIRECT ASSESSMENT-1: Software module hones system-wide practices

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Gasunie has utilized external corrosion direct assessment (ECDA) as proposed by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) as a valuable method of assessing the corrosion...
    Economics & Markets

    Market Journal

    Oct. 2, 2006
    The October contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes fell $2.14 to $61.66/bbl Sept. 19, the lowest closing since Mar. 21 and the largest 1-day price drop since May 15 for...
    Refining

    The Editor’s Perspective

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Call it the live-bait fishing model of geopolitics: first the gift, then the gaff.
    Economics & Markets

    Energy and tax reform

    Oct. 2, 2006
    The US oil and gas industry can improve both its standing with a hostile public and energy policy by seeking reform in an area not directly related to energy: tax policy.
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    Exploration & Development

    Equipment/Software/Literature

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Newly released Innova-Sonic ultrasonic flowmeters are universal transit-time instruments incorporating advances in digital signal processing.
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    Oct. 2, 2006
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    Companies

    Special Report: Controlled source electromagnetic imaging offers synergies with seismic, well-log data

    Oct. 2, 2006
    Within the context of record high exploration costs and the increasing difficulty in finding large hydrocarbon deposits, exploration companies face even more pressure to reduce...